Testimonials

Gail - Lockdown Fitness Virtual sessions

I’ve been an avid attendee at Emily’s lockdown virtual fitness sessions for the past 6 weeks, doing the daily stretches, the midweek run/swim strength and conditioning sessions, and now even the early morning HIIT sessions!

I started running 3 years ago through a couch to 5k programme and worked up to struggling trough half marathons, which I love. Since the lockdown of course all races have been cancelled - but this has turned out to be a kind of blessing for me as for the first time ever I’m doing this kind of fitness training. Emily's classes are really welcoming, well planned and there is a lot of attention to detail. Even though there are many in the classes she pays attention to everyone, giving individual advice as needed. They are always fun too. I feel so much fitter, I can around move better - and that’s just around the house! When I go for a run now I’m finding my legs are stronger, they even feel connected to my body. Who knew! My arms are working too and my breathing is a lot easier. I can highly recommend her classes to anyone who wants to improve their running strength and style ready for when the races start up again - and beyond.

*Darley Moor duathlon – qualifying for the European age group champs!*

Kathryn - European Championship qualification

I would highly recommend Emily as a triathlon coach. She is so talented across so many areas – one-to-one swim coaching, strength & conditioning, sports massage, racing tips... and she’s able to combine all of this to offer a unique, multi-dimensional and comprehensive package. I’m convinced that’s the reason I haven’t had a single injury all year, despite recurring knee problems before I started coaching.

Her approach is completely individualised, and plans are always tailored around work / life circumstances. This was so important to me, given my 50+ hour a week work schedule – including run commutes and short lunch time workouts, as well as reducing the intensity when needed, enabled me to keep up the consistency even during extra busy periods.

After just 6 months, my 10k PB improved from 49 minutes to 43, and I qualified for the World Duathlon Championships in my age group, something I thought would take years!

Starting triathlon coaching with Emily was definitely the best decision I could have made.

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Ros Young - Strength and Conditioning for swimming

My background was marathon and ultra running, and because I was quite good (top 6 in my age group in the country) it never occurred to me that there was more to run training than just running - albeit at different paces!

Fast forward 35 years, and when hip surgery ended my running, I focussed on cycling and swimming. I had come to swimming a bit late, and hadn’t realised how weak my core and upper body were, and I found I wasn’t able to maintain good stroke technique in longer open water events.

Emily has pinpointed specific issues, and devised a programme of exercises to complement stroke development by addressing these key areas of weakness, and although I was targeting swimming, it can’t be a coincidence that in the last few months, after time trialling for eleven years, I’ve achieved lifetime bests in 10 and 25 mile cycling time trials - at age 75!

Emily is supportive and enthusiastic, and I strongly recommend her approach.

Lucilla, age 11 - youth swim development

Thank you for teaching me how to swim. I am so happy I have had a good teacher like you. I feel like I have improved immensely. Before I had lessons with you I didn’t like swimming at all, but with your big encouraging grin and thumbs up, I love swimming and I am now more confident and enthusiastic about participating in races.

I love having lessons with you, Emily, you have made swimming one of my number one hobbies and although I am moving abroad. I will still think of you every time I swim. And if I become an Olympic swimmer, I will say it was all thanks to you. Thank you Emily for all you’ve done for me.

Patrick - weekend warrior triathlon

Thank you for being such a great coach!

I was more than 2.5 minutes quicker than last year in my sprint tri swim!